Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Deuteronomy 5:22:
- Kupsabiny: “God told these words to your community when they had gathered at the foot of the mountain. He spoke calling from up through fire, cloud and great darkness, but he did not add any word. And after that, he wrote those laws on two flat stones and gave to me.” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
- Newari: “With a loud voice from the midst of the fire and a dark black cloud on the mountain the LORD spoke only these words to your whole assembly. He did not say anything more. Then He wrote those commands on two stone tablets and gave them to me.” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
- Hiligaynon: “‘Those are the commands of the LORD to you (plur.) all who gathered there at the mountain. When he spoke in a loud voice from the midst of the fire which was-surrounded by a thick cloud, he gave these commands and nothing else that he spoke. He wrote these on two wide stones and gave (them) to me.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
- English: “Those are the commandments that Yahweh spoke to your ancestors. When they were gathered there at the bottom of the mountain, he spoke with a very loud voice from the middle of the fire, and there were dark clouds surrounding the mountain. He spoke only those ten commandments, no more. Then he wrote them on two stone tablets and gave them to me.” (Source: Translation for Translators)
